Tag: The xx
Romy Builds On the Queer Musical Canon With “Loveher”
As far as songs about women loving women go, well, they’re pretty few and far between. Unless one wants to count queerbaiting singles like Katy [Read More…]
Against One’s Better Judgment, It’s Easy to Heed Romy Urging You to “Enjoy Your Life”
Although Romy Madley Croft, better known as the xx’s Romy or just Romy, still has yet to give us that solo album she teased back [Read More…]
Romy Finally Gets the Chance to Be the 80s-Era Pop Star She Was Meant to With “Lifetime”
Romy a.k.a. Romy Madley Croft a.k.a. Romy xx a.k.a. Romy from The xx a.k.a. Romy, not from Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. However you [Read More…]
I Break Horses Offers the Kind of “Warnings” You’ll Like (Probably Because Most of Them Are Unintelligible)
Six years after their sophomore record, Chiaroscuro, Swedish duo I Break Horses is back with Warnings. The title feels like too little too late, for [Read More…]
The Phenomenon of Becoming Strangers Post-Intimacy in The xx’s “Sunset”
There is no phenomenon–no matter what anyone says–that could possibly be stranger than becoming a stranger…to the person you were once closest in the world [Read More…]
The xx Sees You
It would be momentous enough under any circumstance for The xx to release a new album, but add to it the fact that it’s been [Read More…]